§ 49. Mr. JANNERasked the Financial Secretary to the Treasury whether he is aware that under the Additional Import Duties (No. 5) Order, 1932, customs duties are now levied on dried foliage and similar products which are the material for the production of medicinal preparations, whereas under the Horticultural Products (Emergency Customs Duties), which the above order replaced, such duties were not levied, and that application was made to the Import Duties Advisory Committee on 14th December, 1933, for an amending order; and whether, as trade in these products is almost at a standstill, he will press for an early decision in this matter?
§ Captain AUSTIN HUDSON (Lord of the Treasury)I have been asked to reply. The Additional Import Duties (No. 8) Order, 1934, which was laid on the Table yesterday, provides for the removal of the additional duty on dried foliage, etc., of the kinds used solely for the manufacture of drugs or medicines.